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a Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Università di Venezia, 30123 Venezia, Italy b Dipartimento di Chimica Biologica, Università di Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy
Key Words: SHP-1 • tyrosine-phosphorylation • band 3 • human erythrocyte
Address for correspondence: Marcantonio Bragadin, Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Dorsoduro 2137, University of Padova, 30123 Venezia, Italy. Voice: +39-041-2348507; fax: +39-041-2348605. e-mail: bragadin{at}unive.it
SHP-1 is a SH2-domain containing protein Tyr-phosphatase expressed in hematopoietic cell lines, which is hypothesized to play a negative role in signal transduction. In human erythrocytes, the phospho-Tyr level of proteins, mainly transmembrane band 3, is closely controlled by the antithetic activity of Tyr-protein kinases and phosphatases, resulting in a dephosphorylated state. Only after particular stimuli, as with oxidizing agents, diamide or pervanadate, or thiol alkylating compound, N-ethyl maleimide (NEM), Tyr-phosphorylation of band 3 can be triggered, inhibiting Tyr-phosphatase action and inducing erythrocyte membrane reorganization. We demonstrate that, in human erythrocytes, SHP-1 is present in membranes from resting cells, but in 5% of the protein amount. Interestingly, this amount increases up to threefold following NEM treatment of intact cells, whereas diamide and pervanadate do not alter the normal protein location. In addition, SHP-1 translocation from cytosol to membrane is not affected by band 3 P-Tyr level, because it is not mediated by the SH2-P-Tyr recruitment mechanism, and localizes into the cytoskeletal compartment. Band 3 is the target of SHP-1, which dephosphorylates Tyr 8, 21, and 904. These findings support the idea that, in human erythrocytes, the normal level of Tyr-phosphorylation of membrane protein, mainly band 3, must be downregulated. We hypothesize that the presence of both SHP-2 and SHP-1 ensures band 3 dephosphorylation in different conditions: SHP-2, through interaction of its SH2 domain/s to P-Tyr protein, is regulated by the band 3 Tyr-phosphorylation level; SHP-1 may be involved by simple membrane rearrangement.
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